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Wheeler & Burris

Talk about a complete turnaround. One moment (Atlanta, KC) they're playing great ball, the next (Tampa Bay, Baltimore) they're getting spanked.

Nobody on this defense is playing consistent ball. You can forget the big paycheck for Wheeler, or start claiming how Burris is so great.....We gotta get this ship turned around. How do they get it done ?

Our understanding of the run defense's improvement will be skewed all year due to the games against Miami and Tampa Bay. Those two performances will make the Raiders look far worse statistically then they have actually been.

The defensive woes are mostly in pass coverage, which is a combination of not getting enough pressure from the D/L and not getting enough coverage from the DB's.

Burris and Wheeler are good players. If you hold them to the standard of greatness, they fail - but that should be obvious. If you hold them to the standard of 'good' - solid, unspectacular but steady in performance - they pass with flying colors.

People need to stop making Clark Kent's into Supermen. These are players are good - not great. They will perform well, not spectacularly.

After getting burned in the run game last week, they tried to cheat in the run game, and that worked, however, the OC for Baltimore figured that out and made them pay dearly especially over the middle deep. Just the fact that they had to do that indicates weakness at certain positions. I just think that unless they get some decent corners, these problems are going to continue. It doesn't get any easier next week. The Saints are going to school on what happened in Baltimore. Next week is going to be a problem with the quick passing game of the Saints. All of the games they've lost was because of poor pass defense period.

Our understanding of the run defense's improvement will be skewed all year due to the games against Miami and Tampa Bay. Those two performances will make the Raiders look far worse statistically then they have actually been.

The defensive woes are mostly in pass coverage, which is a combination of not getting enough pressure from the D/L and not getting enough coverage from the DB's.

Burris and Wheeler are good players. If you hold them to the standard of greatness, they fail - but that should be obvious. If you hold them to the standard of 'good' - solid, unspectacular but steady in performance - they pass with flying colors.

People need to stop making Clark Kent's into Supermen. These are players are good - not great. They will perform well, not spectacularly.

They are also the least of this team's concerns moving forward.

x2 and lets remember Burris is a rookie. He is going to make mistakes and for his limited time in the NFL is a definite bright spot on the Raiders D.

burris is the only guy who shouldn't be on the bubble. hes a rook, a 4th round pick one a below below average D. put some talent around him and he can be a very good player. We need impact elite players on D. hopefully we get the 3rd pick and someone from the 8th range trades up to take an up and coming qb. we can get their 1st-8overall, a 2nd, and their next years first. draft our own demarcus ware with the top ten pick. in the 2nd take a true NT. 3rd take a CB, trade players like dmc, dhb, kelly, seymour for any picks we can get. if we can find pretty good players with our top picks and a couple guys like burris in the later rounds, have some money to bring in good vets the raiders can make some noise next year(not saying its going to be a division winner but **** 9 games for a wild card)

The defensive woes are mostly in pass coverage, which is a combination of not getting enough pressure from the D/L and not getting enough coverage from the DB's.

You hit it right on the button. Blown coverages and poor pressure are the reason why our defense stinks. The run D only had two bad performances against the Florida teams. But they were both pretty devastating.

We finally get two SMART football players on the field and they are our two best football players. You guys want to bash them. Fact is, they are smarter then anyone on the defensive side....and show it.

These are not superstars or guys that are supposed to lead teams. These are guys who play smart football players and should be role players on a good team. We are not a good team.

Finding more guys like this will make us a good team. Get off their backs and start blaming the players that really suck...Kelly, Shuagnessy, Seymour, Houston, McClain, Huff, Branch, and pretty much anyone else whom plays on defense not wearing 52/56.

In the meantime, appreciate what you are seeing in Oakland with these two guys. Football players that hustle and give their all every down. Been a while...

We finally get two SMART football players on the field and they are our two best football players. You guys want to bash them. Fact is, they are smarter then anyone on the defensive side....and show it.

These are not superstars or guys that are supposed to lead teams. These are guys who play smart football players and should be role players on a good team. We are not a good team.

Finding more guys like this will make us a good team. Get off their backs and start blaming the players that really suck...Kelly, Shuagnessy, Seymour, Houston, McClain, Huff, Branch, and pretty much anyone else whom plays on defense not wearing 52/56.

In the meantime, appreciate what you are seeing in Oakland with these two guys. Football players that hustle and give their all every down. Been a while...

Miles is the only guy that deserves a pass ,from criticism on this defense.

Coach Allen said, Wheeler is making a lot of mistaks also, its just more difficult to see,because of his motor,running non-stop. He was out of position a few times. That was after the victory over Jacksonville.

The Raider defense against the run is not skewed.(because of the Buc-Dolphin games). Those running defensive numbers are very relevant ,just as relevant as any running plays from other games.

There is no skewing that. You can't selectively pick the top 8 games out of 10 and say see, we are better against the run.